Hegel and the Arts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hegel and the Arts write by Stephen Houlgate. This book was released on 2007. Hegel and the Arts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. That aesthetics is central to Hegel's philosophical enterprise is not widely acknowledged, nor has his significant contribution to the discipline been truly appreciated. Some may be familiar with his theory of tragedy and his (supposed) doctrine of the "end of art," but many philosophers and writers on art pay little or no attention to his lectures on aesthetics. The essays in this collection, all but one written specifically for this volume, aim to raise the profile of Hegel's aesthetic theory by showing in detail precisely why that theory is so powerful. Writing from various perspectives and not necessarily aligned with Hegel's position, the contributors demonstrate that Hegel's lectures on aesthetics constitute one of the richest reservoirs of ideas about the arts, their history, and their future that we possess. Addressing a range of important topics, the essays examine the conceptual bases of Hegel's organization of his aesthetics, his treatment of various specific arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and tragedy), and several of the most famous issues in the literature--including the "end of art" thesis, the relation between art and religion, and the vexed relationship between Hegel and the romantics. Together they shed light on the profound reflections on art contained in Hegel's philosophy and also suggest ways in which his aesthetics might resonate well beyond the field of philosophical aesthetics, perhaps beyond philosophy itself.
The Philosophy of History
The Philosophy of History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Philosophy of History write by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This book was released on 1902. The Philosophy of History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Hegel on the Modern Arts
Hegel on the Modern Arts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hegel on the Modern Arts write by Benjamin Rutter. This book was released on 2010-07-29. Hegel on the Modern Arts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Debates over the 'end of art' have tended to obscure Hegel's work on the arts themselves. Benjamin Rutter opens this study with a defence of art's indispensability to Hegel's conception of modernity; he then seeks to reorient discussion toward the distinctive values of painting, poetry, and the novel. Working carefully through Hegel's four lecture series on aesthetics, he identifies the expressive possibilities particular to each medium. Thus, Dutch genre scenes animate the everyday with an appearance of vitality; metaphor frees language from prose; and Goethe's lyrics revive the banal routines of love with imagination and wit. Rutter's important study reconstructs Hegel's view not only of modern art but of modern life and will appeal to philosophers, literary theorists, and art historians alike.
Hegel's Aesthetics
Hegel's Aesthetics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hegel's Aesthetics write by Lydia L. Moland. This book was released on 2019. Hegel's Aesthetics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hegel's Aesthetics is the first comprehensive interpretation of Hegel's philosophy of art in English in thirty years. It gives a new analysis of his notorious "end of art" thesis, shows the indispensability of his aesthetics to his philosophy generally, and argues for his theory's relevance today.
Hegel on Art
Hegel on Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hegel on Art write by Jack Kaminsky. This book was released on 2018-12-01. Hegel on Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Professor Kaminsky’s lucid exposition is, surprisingly, the first attempt in English to deal extensively and critically with Hegel’s views on art, as outlined in his difficult volumes on that subject. Hegel on Art thus performs a needed service for those interested in either the philosophy or the history of the fine arts. Hegel’s idealistic metaphysics was the last European endeavor to construct a universal philosophical system on the traditional pattern, and to modern readers it can easily appear more imposing than useful. But in his examination of art, according to Professor Kaminsky, the German philosopher became “the most empirical of the empiricists,” and his observations can be valuable to us quite independent of our commitment to his metaphysics. Moreover, as Professor Kaminsky shows, Hegel’s metaphysical framework does give him an advantage not available under the rigorous skepticism of today’s positivist or symbolist: he can recognize that art mirrors the world of action, and so can provide it with objective validity. As the author concludes in Hegel’s defense: “It may well be that only art can be used to communicate the important episodes that happen to us or others....Without art, we lose one of our great sources of information as to who we are and what we ought to do.” “[Kaminsky] succeeds in the difficult task of summarizing Hegel’s aesthetics in a clear, well-balanced text which follows the historical lines set down by the philosopher. His work is the most extensive study of the subject available in English.”—Library Journal
